Well, ‘Gianluca’ is up and running. Well, not quite pizza ready. He needs to be fired up a few more times to ‘cure’ the oven walls and I’ve got to put another couple of coats of Aquaseal (a breathable water-resistant sealant) to protect him from the vagaries of the Irish weather. But nearly ready to ...
BLOG, FoodI am indebted to fellow wine writer Paul Kiernan who, via his Twitter monicker @grapesofsloth, gave me the heads up on a letter to Decanter magazine in which a reader asked “What planet are your tasters on when they describe wines as ‘high wired’ and ‘coiled with purpose’?” What indeed. “Uranus, as in ‘talking through…” ...
Tasting Notes, Wine & DrinkAt first she was smiling, eyes half closed. Then a discreet smirk of pleasure lit her face like she was indulging in a happy dream. Appreciative noises modulated to a crescendo, “mm mm, mm..” somehow segued into “Yes, yes, yes!”. Screams of ecstasy followed, quintessential passion, all inhibition fled. Oh my God, I thought, she’s ...
Restaurant ReviewsIt was Leslie Williams, my cookery cohort at The Evening Herald who convinced me that having a wood-fired pizza oven of my very own would be the midlife crisis project for 2010. Leslie had already been down the track, with a French guy who built him an adobe one, mud and clay, in the back ...
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